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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 40, 17 October 1913, Page 4

Owing to the inclement weather last night the proposed meeting under tho auspices of the 1.0.G.T. Lodge was not held. The Diocesan Synod at Christchurcli passed a resolution affirming tho principle that the right of voting at parish meetings should be extended to women, Sunday is being abserved throughout the Presbyterian Church of New Zealand as l'oung People's Day. A printed form of service issued by the General Assembly will be used by the various congregations. in accordance with this scheme, special services will be held in the St. Andrew's Church on Sunday. The morning service will be for the parents and Sunday school children. The evening service will be especially for voting people.

Mr 0. (uiling-Butcher, who has been appointed organiser of the Roman Catholic Federation in New Zealand,

has announced that an immigration and labour bureau will be amongst the features of tho federation. No charge will be made to employer or employee, but if either wishes to make a donation he may do so. Full particulars are given to those desirous of getting their relatives out from the Old Country, the necessary forms will be supplied, and every assistance given to them. Through the generosity of Mr M". Kennedy, the federation has secured a board room and secretary's office in Lower Cuba Street, Wellington, and the office would be open all day, so that no Roman Catholic who visited Wellington need be without a word of cheer and a friend.

A new species of fish having the appearance of an electrically-lighted ferry boat has been secured in the Australian Bight at the great depth of 350 fathoms. This curious fish, which has 53 brilliant light organs on either side of its body, which itself shines like a mirror, lias been named the tudor. It was hauled to the surface by the trawler Endeavour, and will be placed on exhibition at the Australian Museum at Sydney. More than a hundred other entirely new varieties were obtained, all the depths being more or less luminous. Several fish of a jet black colour, with a skin like velvet studded all over with scin-. filiating encrustations of bluish light, were also obtained, some being shaped like a pair .of bellows. ■v. ~1 The Borough Inspector had only two cases at the Court this morning. Percy Booker was lined ,5s for riding a bicycle on the footpath in Regan Street, at 5.50 a.m. on Ooto'oer 2nd. The S.M.said that the. fine was;small, because it was, not likely that many people, would , be about early in ■ the mqiaiing, except the, Inspector, rl rwh6 seemed, to ,be about fat all hours' of' the lay. James Dodd was fined 10s, with 7& costs, for riding a motor cycle in Began Street at 6.55 p.m. on October 4th. The S.M. intimated that in view of the danger to the public arising fVom motor cycles being ridden without lights he intended in .future to increase the fine inflicted'ion >ffenders. • ,\ ;,..

Matters in connection with the representation of Patea ■• in Parliament are daily becoming more interesting (says the Waverley Tribune). So far only one candidate appears on the torizon in the Opposition interest Mr P.. Train, of Waitotara. It is generally accepted that Mr G. V. Pearce will seek re-election, but it is also agreed that he will be opposed. by a candidate on his own side of politics. Indeed it is practically settled a Reform party candidate will be brought out to oppose him, and chat in the event of the Prime Minister not accepting the gentleman (whoover he may be) selected to contest die seat in the Government interest the choice of the "Patea Reformers" rill be run without Ministerial "hall mark." 7 The Tribune alleges, further that the names of Messrs 0. Ha when, Mr H. G. Dickie, Mr R. Macdonald, Mr J. Elmslie, Mr A. AV. Gillies, Mr J. Coombe, and Mr I. Johnston, have beentaentioned in this connection.

In regard to a Government purchase of rifles the Minister of Defence has stated that when he went to the Old Country last year he was authorised to purchase rifles, and while in England he ordered a number of new and second-hand rifles, the.latter to be repaired and made as good as new. When he got to Canada, however, he was informed that the Defence authorities there had got fully 60,000 Lee-Enfield rifles not in use because it had been decided to use the Ross rifle, which is made in Canada. Many of these rifles were reserve stock. After examination by an expert 15,000 of the best of the rifles were selected by Mr Allen and purchased at the nominal price of one dollar each. It was really a generous gift. Mr Allen immediately cablet! to England and cancelled an order that had been given there for ."5000 unrepaired rifles of the same class, and which would have cost £2500. With the expenditure of another £fi2-"> he was thus able to purchase 15,000 really good second-hand Lee-Enfields. The Minister for Defence states that the rifles are to be taken over only if they are serviceable, and that they will be a distincjr improvement on the many different stylos of arms which senior cadets at present have. Bought first hand the rifles would have cost from £3 15s to CI landed in New Zealand. The rifles are on the Tokomaru, and should arrivel next month.

The annual meeting of members of the Stratford Lawn Tennis Club will be held in the Borough Council Chambers this evening at 8 o'clock. Samuel Stephens was fined £l, with costs 7s, at the. Court this morning for having at Whangamomona on September Bth procured liquor during the currency of a prohibition order against him.

Judgment is procured in the Court by a variety of means —by default, by confession, by consent—but in a case called this morning an adjournment was granted in order that the question in dispute might be settled by marriage.

In a case at the Court this morning in which judgment was given for 15s, with 14s costs, Mr Kenrick;- S.M., remarked on a common practice which seemed bad policy on the part of the defendants. They failed to appear or make default at the first hearing and finally they make default and had to pay heavy costs —in the present case nearly equal to a hundred per cent. of the claim. Counsel for plaintiff (Mr Macalister) explained that the costs wero chiefly incurred through adjournments. '

Finality was reached at the Court this morning in the case of the Whangamomona County Council v. Edward

Healy, a claim for 4s 4d rates. The costs' allowed totalled £3 2s 6d, the •chief item being for substituted service, defendant having left his land, the summons not being servable personally.

Judgment by default was given in the following cases at the Court this morning:—Edward B." Stohr v. John 9. Hooper, £1 19s, costs 14s; George W. Calvert v. John Prendergast, .£6 14s sd, costs £1 15s 6d; T. L. Paget v. J. R. Hooper, 15s, costs 14s; Edward F. Hemingway v. William H. Thomson, £4, costs 10s; Official Assignee for property of F. Gooch v. Wm. McQuay, £7, costs £1 3s 6d.

A dilatory Territorial who was haled before the Court this morning for failure to attend parade, gave a further indication of his dilatoriness by fail-

ing to appear at the Court until half

pas ten.- His case had been called on 5 earlier, and in his absence he was fined £3; but luckily the : ;S.M. consented to re-dpen the case, and the fine was remitted and the dilatory one was allowed till December, to show that he intended to attend parades regularly.

An incident which illustrates the wondefful reasoning power of certain individuals happened at Wellington re-

cently (says an exchange). A lady had

received a brand-new costume from a ' local business house, and had occasion to return vit fbr certain alterations'. At 1 the same : time : she! had a parcel

of, clothing, td send to a local laundry to be washed, but the messenger entrusted with the two parcels got them mixed, and left the costume at the laundry. This was a natural mistake, but imagine the lady's feelings, when, on discovering the error, she hurried to the laundry to get her costume, and found that they had washed and ironed it! - » \.

...» Two men were charged at the Court this morning with failing to attend Territorial parades, Charles Edward Tickers pleaded guilty <to failing to attend drill, hut pleaded that it was incpnveniente for hwn to attend parade, The ; S.M., after hearing defendant's explanation, said it appeared that defendant was not prepared to put himself to any inconvenience, although lie had the option of attending either a daylight parade at Midhirst or an evening parade at Stratford. On defendant promising to attend parade more regularly in future he was convicted without fine. James Sangster, who had been posted to the Territorial at the beginning of the present defence year and had not since attended a parade, also pleaded inconvenience, let was explained that the Xlth Regiment was doing more for the convenience of men than any other regiment in the .country, the number of halfday parades having been reduced from twelve to four, the balance of parades being put in in camp. The S.M.. decided to adjourn the case until December 19th to see how Sangster attended his parades.